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MycoBank gearing up for new horizons
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Document Title
MycoBank gearing up for new horizons
Author
Robert V, Vu D, Amor AB, van de Wiele N, Brouwer C, Jabas B, Szoke S, Dridi A, Triki M, ben Daoud S, Chouchen O, Vaas L, de Cock A, Stalpers JA, Stalpers D, Verkley GJM, Groenewald M, dos Santos FB, Stegehuis G, Li W, Wu LH, Zhang R, Ma JC, Zhou MM, Gorjon SP, Eurwilaichitr L, Ingsriswang S, Hansen K, Schoch C, Robbertse B, Irinyi L, Meyer W, Cardinali G, Hawksworth DL, Taylor JW, Crous PW
Name from Authors Collection
Affiliations
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences; Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (KNAW); Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Microbiology, CAS; University of Salamanca; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Center Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (BIOTEC); Swedish Museum of Natural History; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM); University of Sydney; Westmead Institute for Medical Research; University of Sydney; University of Perugia; Complutense University of Madrid; Natural History Museum London; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
Type
Article
Source Title
IMA FUNGUS
Year
2013
Volume
4
Issue
2
Page
371-379
Open Access
Green Submitted, Green Published, gold
Publisher
BMC
DOI
10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.16
Format
Abstract
MycoBank, a registration system for fungi established in 2004 to capture all taxonomic novelties, acts as a coordination hub between repositories such as Index Fungorum and Fungal Names. Since January 2013, registration of fungal names is a mandatory requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICN). This review explains the database innovations that have been implemented over the past few years, and discusses new features such as advanced queries, registration of typification events (MBT numbers for lecto, epi- and neotypes), the multi-lingual database interface, the nomenclature discussion forum, annotation system, and web services with links to third parties. MycoBank has also introduced novel identification services, linking DNA sequence data to numerous related databases to enable intelligent search queries. Although MycoBank fills an important void for taxon registration, challenges for the future remain to improve links between taxonomic names and DNA data, and to also introduce a formal system for naming fungi known from DNA sequence data only. To further improve the quality of MycoBank data, remote access will now allow registered mycologists to act as MycoBank curators, using Citrix software.
Industrial Classification
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 1
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 2
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 3
Funding Sponsor
European Commission's Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development; Fonds Economische Structuurversterking (FES) of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW); Australian NH MRC [APP1031952]; Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Library of Medicine
License
CC BY-NC
Rights
International Mycological Association
Publication Source
WOS